Tuesday, January 1, 2013

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP FLASHED THE FALSE NEWS
DELIBERATELY ON 10TH DECEMBER 2012 TO SABOTAGE THE 12TH
DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP GDS UNION HAS
NOT GIVEN STRIKE NOTICE FOR 12TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

1.On 10th December 2012
when all are actively campaigning for the success of the 12th
December 2012 joint strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union flashed the following
news in their website -

“FLASH AND GLAD NEWS –
BONUS FILE CLEARED BY FINANCE TODAY”

They
deliberately gave publicity to this false news just to create confusion among
the GDS and to sabotage the 12th December strike.

2.After 12th December
strike NFPE put the following news in its website.

“Regarding GDS Bonus the
propaganda made by Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union is totally false. Finance
Ministry has not approved the proposal for raising the GDS Bonus ceiling to Rs.
3500/- but returned the file without approval.”

(This
news item is still in the NFPE website and anybody can verify it.)

3.Now, after the 12th December
strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS union openly admitted that the Bonus File is
not cleared by Finance, but the File was returned to Postal Directorate without
approval. Now in the website of Mahadevaiah group the following lines are
written.

“FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SENT
THE FILE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR SOME CLARIFICATION”

4.Now let the readers and employees
judge, who is right and who is wrong. Who is giving correct news and who is
spreading false news. NFPE has given the correct news and Mahadevaiah group has
published false news and subsequently corrected it after NFPE putting the
correct news. They have lost their credibility and they are trying to cover up
their ill motivated false propaganda by putting the blame on NFPE.

5.It is an admitted fact that Mahadevaiah
group GDS Union has not given strike notice for the 12th December
strike. They tried their best to sabotage the 12th December strike. Their
leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary action against those
employees who participated in the 12th December strike. NFPE has
already published one such letter in its website and anybody can read it.

6.Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union
prove that they have given strike notice to the Secretary, Department of Posts,
for the 12th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union deny
that their leaders have not written any letter to the administration to take
disciplinary action against those participated in the 12th December
strike? Can Mahadevaiah group deny that the letter written to the administration
by their leader published in NFPE website is a false one? No, they cannot.

7.The issue of raising Bonus ceiling of
GDS from 2500/- to 3500/- was an important item in the memorandum submitted by
Confederation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Finance Minister and
Cabinet Secretary during the Parliament march and also in the strike charter of
demands of the 12th December 2012 strike served to the Cabinet
Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Posts. Many MPs irrespective of
political affiliation and also Union Cabinet Ministers have written letters to Hon’ble
Prime Minister to consider the demand of the Confederation. Further both NFPE
and FNPO has jointly demanded the Government to raise the bonus ceiling of GDS.
The Minister of States for Communications and the Secretary, Department of
Posts, has assured the JCA leaders that the case will again be forwarded to the
Finance Ministry with favourable recommendations. The Secretary, Department of
Posts has informed the JCA leaders that Cabinet Secretary was also appraised of
the matter. The efforts made by NFPE, FNPO and Confederation and the mass-scale
participation of the employees (Departmental as well as Gramin Dak Sewaks) in
the 12th December Strike has its own impact.

8.The attempt of the Mahadevaiah group
to project themselves as the only union for the GDS was thoroughly exposed in
the 12th December strike and more than 80% of the GDS joined the
strike call given by NFPE & Confederation, inspite of the fact that
Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union has not given the strike notice and has not conducted
any campaign programme to make the 12th December strike a success.
More and more GDS leaders from Mahadevaiah group including All India office
bearers are joining the newly formed AIPEU GDS (NFPE). In the 12th December strike, the
unity of the Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks was restored and
those who are trying to divide the GDS and Departmental employees cannot
continue their nefarious game any more.

9.ACTUAL POSITION OF GDS BONUS

As
already exhibited by NFPE in its website, the GDS Bonus file was not cleared
by Finance Ministry but returned to Department of Posts without
approval. The reason stated by Finance Ministry is as follows -

Up to 2006 GDS were also paid equal Bonus on pro-rata basis along
with regular employees. The One-man Committee (Nataraja Murthy Committee)
appointed by Government has recommended that GDS are not eligible for equal
bonus with regular employees and the payment made up to 2006 was unjustified as
per the commission’s recommendations. This recommendation of the Nataraja
Murthy Committee was accepted by the Government and Postal Board. Accordingly
it was decided not to raise the Bonus ceiling from 2500 to 3500. After that the
Department of Posts has not undertaken any fresh study to justify the payment
of equal Bonus (3500) to GDS. Postal Department should conduct a fresh study by
another committee and submit revised proposal justifying the payment of equal
bonus to GDS. Such revised proposal, if any, submitted after fresh study will
be examined by the Finance Ministry and if found justified will be considered
for implementation from the next financial year i.e., 2013-2014. Regarding this
financial year’s Bonus Finance Ministry is not ready to reconsider it. That means
the Bonus for the current financial year (2012-2013) stands rejected. This is the stand of the Finance Ministry.

10.Now the Department of Posts has
constituted a Committee of officers to make fresh study of the case and submit
fresh proposal to the Finance Ministry for consideration and approval. The Postal
Board has assured the JCA (NFPE + FNPO) that the study will be completed quickly
and fresh proposal will be submitted to Ministry of Finance. Definitely the JCA
will take necessary follow up action.

11.The anti-NFPE minded leaders of the
Mahadevaiah group GDS Union should clearly understand that their repeated
attempt to divide GDS employees and Departmental employees is not going to work
any-more. GDS will stand with NFPE. NFPE will never misguide the employees, but
will always stand by the truth. Please remember that